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CLOTHES LINE COUPLING. No. 289,334. Patented Nov. .27 1883. f

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UNITED STATES ADOLPH F. BREIVER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTH ES-LINE COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,334, dated November 27, 1883.

I Application filed May 31, 1883. (N0 model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, ADOLPH F. BREWER, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Line Coupling, of which the following 1specification is a full, clear, and exact descrip- This invention relates to a new clothes-line coupling; and itconsists in the combination of a perforated sleeve having shoulders to form spring-jaws with a ring encircling said spring-jaws, and with a set-screw, all being so constructed that the distance between the contiguous faces of the spring-jaws is less than the distance between the two long sides of the sleeve, all as hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clothesline coupling. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same on the line a: as, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line 3 3 Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference 'indioate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The letter A represents my improved clothesline coupling, composed, principally, of a sleeve, a, ring b, and set-screw c. The sleeve on is composed of two long and two short sides, one of its short sides being perforated at c to admit one end of clothesline B, while the other short side is open and terminates in two springjaws, cl d, forming shoulders g withlong sides of sleeve a. In this way the distance between the two long sides'of sleeve a is considerably less than the distance between the contiguous faces of the spring-jaws. To the lower jaw, d, is rigidly attached, by screw f, the ring I). This ring encircles both jaws d d, and is considerably larger in diameter than their combined thickness, so as to allow for the up-anddown play of the upper jaw, d. The set-screw '0 passes through the ring I), and by turning it in either direction the jaws d d are either allowed to separate or are pressed together.

. In operation, one end of the clothes-line B is passed through the hole at c and knotted, to prevent withdrawal. The other end is drawn through the groove of the spring-jaws, and is likewise knotted. The set screw 0 is then turned to press the spring-jaws together. In this way the line B may be clamped at any point desired, and thus its length may be adj usted. By having the distance between the jaws (1 cl less than the distance between the two long sides of sleeve a, sufficient room is left between said long sides for the formation of the knots in line B.

I do not claim to have invented the combination of a pair of spring-jaws with an encircling ring adapted to compress said springjaws, as such a construction is shown in Patent No. 193,566, granted to J. H. Snyder, July 24., 1877; but

I do claim- In a clothes-line clamp, the combination of sleeve a, perforated at e, and having shoulders g, to form spring-jaws 6? cl, with the ring Z), encircling said spring-jaws, and with the setscrew 0, all constructed, substantially as described, so that the distance between the contiguous faces of the springj aws d d is less than the distance between the two long sides of sleeve 00, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ADOLPH F. BREWER. 

